Canada scrapes into ATP Cup final
CANADA has claimed the narrowest of victories over Russia to secure its place in the 2022 ATP Cup final. The Top 20 duo of Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov were able to overcome Russian world number two Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin in the deciding doubles match. It was even throughout the day, with Medvedev […]
Around the Tours: Barty dispatches Swiatek
ASH Barty is into the Adelaide International final today with a chance to win her second Adelaide International title. Having won the title a couple of years back, Barty overcame her biggest hurdle of the tournament thus far with a dominant straight sets win over reigning champion, Iga Swiatek. Both Roland Garros winners, Barty won […]
Spain books ATP Cup finals spot
SPAIN became the first nation through to the ATP Cup final after back-to-back singles wins. Pablo Carreno Busta and Roberto Bautista Agut both had differing singles matches, but it resulted in a victory, defeating Poland 2-1 last night. Poland was dealt a blow before the tie even began with second singles player, the in-form Kamil […]
Around the Tours: Adelaide champions to battle in semi
THE only two Adelaide International champions will do battle in the semi-final of the 2022 tournament, when world number one Ash Barty comes up against Poland’s Iga Swiatek. Both are Grand Slam winners and overcame their respective Grand Slam-winning opponents in Sofia Kenin and Victoria Azarenka. Whilst Barty won in straight sets over Kenin 6-3 […]
Russia and Canada secure ATP Cup semis spots
RUSSIA and Canada survived the last day of the group stage to post 2-1 wins over their respective opponents and set up a mouth-watering semi-finals clash tomorrow. In a day that would ultimately decide the final standings, only France did not come away with a group win throughout the three rounds, indicating the closeness of […]
Around the Tours: Chinese teen continues run
CHINESE teenage Qinwen Zheng continued her remarkable run in Melbourne to reach a quarter final at the event. In what was only her fifth main draw match of her career – she made her WTA Tour main draw debut in Palermo last July – she was able to get past the always tough Vera Zvonareva […]
Spain and Poland secure semis spots
POLAND has caused an upset over Argentina to book its semi-finals spot against Spain after a stunning clean sweep on day five of the ATP Cup. At Qudos Bank Arena, the Polish got through with a 3-0 whitewash of the Argentinians in a result that very few saw coming. They will now take on Spain […]
Around the Tours: Barty overruns Coco
WORLD number one Ash Barty produced a strong comeback to put away teenage prodigy Coco Gauff in three sets at the Adelaide International last night. In one of the matches of the day, Gauff took the first set against the rusty Australian, and went 4-2 up seemingly set to advance to the quarter finals. Instead, […]
Germany and Canada square Group C ledger
REMARKABLY, the evenness in Group C was on show following the second round of the ATP Cup’s round robin stage. Following the United States’ first round win over Canada and Great Britain’s victory over Germany, it was the losers that stood tall in the reverse matchups. Germany triumphed over the United States, and Canada got […]
Around the Tours: Osaka wins tough upon return
JAPANESE star Naomi Osaka has made a winning return to the WTA Tour in Melbourne, getting up in a tight three-set win over Frenchwoman Alize Cornet. It was the perfect start for Osaka, perhaps not the most dominant of performances, but she blew out the cobwebs and came away with the win. Cornet is a […]
Spain closes in on ATP Cup semi-finals spot
SPAIN is closing in on being the first nation through to the ATP Cup semi-finals following yet another 3-0 victory in the group stage. The always-strong European nation disposed of Norway this time, and kept its unbeaten streak following its flushing win over Chile two days prior. With Chile defeating Serbia, it left Spain as […]
Around the Tour: Hon stuns Kvitova in Adelaide
AUSTRALIAN wildcard Priscilla Hon has taken out Czech star Petra Kvitova in a stunning night match at the Adelaide International. The 263rd ranked Hon was a heavy underdog against the 17th ranked Kvitova and former world number two, but battled hard to run away with the contest in the third set. The 31-year-old Czech is […]
